04-18-2002
SCO 3.2v5.05Eb: ? on trimming strings
Greetings.
If I have a file with the following format:
joe__________blow
1313 mockingbird pl.
Los Angeles________, CA. 90210
bill__________clinton
1234 doghouse
New York__________, NY. 12345
(note: I underlined what are spaces in the list due to the fact the billboard spaces them to 1 space)
How would I go about trimming the spaces between the words
down to 1 space?
I thought about sed, but the field delimiter is not fixed (a last name could have multiple parts for instances, and the space between first/last city/state is not a tab).
I am essentially looking for an ltrim/rtrim command for shell.
Thanks in advance.
gee-dub
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NAME
join -- relational database operator
SYNOPSIS
join [-a file_number | -v file_number] [-e string] [-o list] [-t char] [-1 field] [-2 field] file1 file2
DESCRIPTION
The join utility performs an ``equality join'' on the specified files and writes the result to the standard output. The ``join field'' is
the field in each file by which the files are compared. The first field in each line is used by default. There is one line in the output
for each pair of lines in file1 and file2 which have identical join fields. Each output line consists of the join field, the remaining
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The default field separators are tab and space characters. In this case, multiple tabs and spaces count as a single field separator, and
leading tabs and spaces are ignored. The default output field separator is a single space character.
Many of the options use file and field numbers. Both file numbers and field numbers are 1 based, i.e. the first file on the command line is
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-a file_number
In addition to the default output, produce a line for each unpairable line in file file_number.
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Replace empty output fields with string.
-o list
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has the either the form 'file_number.field', where file_number is a file number and field is a field number, or the form '0' (zero),
representing the join field. The elements of list must be either comma (``,'') or whitespace separated. (The latter requires quot-
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-t char
Use character char as a field delimiter for both input and output. Every occurrence of char in a line is significant.
-v file_number
Do not display the default output, but display a line for each unpairable line in file file_number. The options -v 1 and -v 2 may be
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-1 field
Join on the field'th field of file 1.
-2 field
Join on the field'th field of file 2.
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If one of the arguments file1 or file2 is ``-'', the standard input is used.
DIAGNOSTICS
The join utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
COMPATIBILITY
For compatibility with historic versions of join, the following options are available:
-a In addition to the default output, produce a line for each unpairable line in both file 1 and file 2.
-j1 field
Join on the field'th field of file 1.
-j2 field
Join on the field'th field of file 2.
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Join on the field'th field of both file 1 and file 2.
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Historical implementations of join permitted multiple arguments to the -o option. These arguments were of the form
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These options are available only so historic shellscripts don't require modification and should not be used.
STANDARDS
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SEE ALSO
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